Visual field loss increases the risk of falls in older adults: The salisbury eye evaluation

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 4445-4450

  Freeman, Ellen E ^a   Muñoz, Beatriz ^a   Rubin, Gary ^b   West, Sheila K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 35748955225     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-0326     Document Type: Article

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